Rep. R. Steven Landes
Stats
District HD-025
Party Republican
Bills Introduced 0
Sponsored Legislation
Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Agriculture and Consumer Services, Department of; recodifying laws pertaining to agriculture, etc. [HB-1331]
Revision of Title 3.1; Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; commodity-related boards; protection of food supplies; domestic animals. Creates proposed Title 3.2 (Agriculture, Animal Care, and Food) as a revision of existing Title 3.1 (Agriculture, Horticulture and Food) and consists of 65 chapters divided into five subtitles: Subtitle I (General Provisions; Protection and Promotion of Agriculture); Subtitle II (Boards, Councils, Foundations, and Commissions); Subtitle III (Production and Sale of Agricultural Products); Subtitle IV (Food
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0860) on 04/23/2008
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DEQ; authority to issue and enforce permits, etc. related to air and water pollution. [HB-1332]
Air and Water Boards permit issuance process. Establishes a uniform permit issuance process for the Air Pollution Control Board (Air Board) and the State Water Control Board (Water Board). After issuing a public notice of a pending permit action, if at least 25 individuals have requested a public hearing and the Director finds that the issues raised are germane to the permit action and are not inconsistent with state or federal laws, a public hearing will be held. The Director or the two Boards may convene a meeting under an expedited schedule
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Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Peace Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0557) on 03/17/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Sexual battery; manner by which committed. [HB-1333]
Crimes; manner by which sexual battery is committed. Removes "force, threat, intimidation or ruse" from the elements by which sexual battery may be committed.
Sponsored by: Rep. R. Steven Landes House: Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Conflict of Interests Act, State and Local Government; acceptance of awards. [HB-1334]
State and Local Government Conflict of Interest Act; acceptance of awards. Allows an employee of local government to receive an award or payment in honor of meritorious or exceptional service. Currently, only such awards or payments to teachers or other employees of local school boards are allowed. This bill is identical to
Sponsored by: Rep. Benjamin Cline Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0497) on 03/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Natural Resources Commitment Fund; created. [HB-1335]
Natural resources funding. Establishes the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund. The Fund would be capitalized with appropriated funds and moneys from public and private sources. Beginning July 1, 2008, and for the next 10 years, moneys in the Fund would be distributed to the Department of Conservation and Recreation's Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program for the implementation of agricultural best management practices (BMP). Fifty-seven percent of the moneys are to be used for matching grants to implement BMPs on agricultural
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0643) on 03/18/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Game and Inland Fisheries, Board of; membership. [HB-1352]
Board of Game and Inland Fisheries. Reconstitutes the membership of the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries. Each of the current members would be replaced as their terms of office expired. The new appointments would be made by the Speaker of the House, Senate Committee on Rules and the Governor. As a qualification for appointment, each Board member must have held a resident hunting or fishing license for three years.
Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon House: Read Third Time And Defeated By House (48-y 50-n) on 02/12/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Honey houses; repeals inspection thereof. [HB-1372]
Inspection of honey houses; repeal. Repeals the duplicative authority of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to regulate the sanitary conditions in places where honey is stored and manufactured under the beekeeping laws, because such authority is already broadly granted under Article 2, Sanitary Requirements in General, of Chapter 20 of Title 3.1.
Sponsored by: Rep. R. Steven Landes Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0257) on 03/06/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Bicentennial of American War of 1812 Commission and Fund; created, report. [HB-1391]
Virginia Bicentennial of the American War of 1812 Commission. Establishes the Virginia Bicentennial of the American War of 1812 Commission to prepare for and commemorate the 200th anniversary of the war. Composed of 12 members, the Commission is authorized to plan commemorative events and activities, encourage research to promote historical literacy and understanding of the war, and support organizations throughout the state as they plan commemorative events. A special nonreverting fund is established to support the Commission's activities.
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0740) on 04/14/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
Rural rustic road program; increases maximum average daily traffic volume for roads. [HB-1406]
Rural rustic road program. Increases from 1,000 to 1,500 vehicles per day the maximum average daily traffic volume for roads to be eligible to participate in the rural rustic road program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0195) on 03/05/2008
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Virginia 2008 Regular Session
No Child Left Behind Act; Board of Education to make recommendation in regard to participation. [HB-1425]
No Child Left Behind; withdrawal. Requires the Board of Education to make a recommendation to the General Assembly on whether Virginia should withdraw from the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, unless reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act provides the necessary revisions in the NCLB Act that allow Virginia's existing educational accountability system, as set forth in the Standards of Quality, Standards of Learning, and Standards of Accreditation, to substantially meet the accountability requirements of the federal
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Sponsored by: Rep. L. Scott Lingamfelter Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0826) on 04/14/2008